Hello All! I am brand new at this. AntsCanada videos got me hooked! I actually recently purchased a Camponotus from the GAN Project as well so thanks to AC for that!!!

So, I caught some other queens. I actually seen a whole bunch of these on my wall around my wall around 10:30pm on 5/18. I test tubed 9 of them with 5 of them laying eggs at this point. One even ripped off her wings after tubing her! Awesome!!! Not exactly sure what they are but I am thinking from looking around that they may be Dorymyrmex Bureni?

They are ~6mm long. Here are the best pictures I could get. After a few with just the ceiling light on I tried a brighter light to get better pics in which you can see her rushing to pick up her eggs and moving them under the edge of the cotton to protect them.

These pics are actually from the night I caught them before any had laid eggs. Files are too large so here are links.
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